| Description |
180 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
First things first: why keep chickens? -- Housing essentials: creating a healthy, comfortable home -- Predators and pests: managing the risks -- Choosing your chickens: select wisely -- Caring for chicks: baby basics -- Food and water: diet matters -- Health basics, part 1: wellness -- Health basics, part 2: treating injured and sick chickens -- Seasonal considerations: predictable challenges throughout the year -- Behavior: chicken psychology 101 -- Eggs: not as simple as we thought -- Landscape gardening with chickens: secrets to a beautiful chicken yard. |
| Summary |
Internationally known as The Chicken Chick, Kathy Shea Mormino brings an informative style and fresh perspective on raising backyard chickens to millions of fans around the world. An attorney by profession, Kathy is the founder and one-woman creative force behind her wildly popular and award-winning Facebook page and blog, The-Chicken-Chick.com. Now her practical, down-to-earth approach to chicken-keeping is available in book form. Sharing her years of hard-earned experience and collaborations with poultry veterinarians, nutritionists, and professors, she provides simple steps to care for these uncommon pets with confidence. Kathy's personality permeates the book as she guides newbie, veteran, and would-be backyard chickeneers alike through all aspects of small-flock care--from getting into the hobby to housing, feeding, egg production, health, and much more. The result is accurate information presented in the fun and abundantly illustrated format that Mormino has delivered on her blog for years.--AMAZON. |
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Chickens.
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Chickens.
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Chickens. (OCoLC)fst00854094
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Chickens. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85023298.
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Chickens. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/childrensSubjects/sj96005022.
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| ISBN |
9780760352427 (paperback) |
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0760352429 (paperback) |
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